Full Text of HR1363 94th General Assembly
HR1363 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Reathel | 4 |
| M. Odum on June 6, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, She was the daughter of Thomas Brittain Odum and | 6 |
| Myrtle Powell Odum; she graduated from Benton High School in | 7 |
| 1926; and
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| WHEREAS, After high school, she worked for Marion Hart at | 9 |
| the Franklin County Title Company in Benton; she then worked | 10 |
| for the First National Bank of Benton during the Great | 11 |
| Depression until 1933; she also worked for the First National | 12 |
| Bank in East St. Louis and was an assistant to the president of | 13 |
| the Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, She served as secretary for U.S. Senator Harry S. | 15 |
| Truman of Missouri in his Washington, D.C., office; she | 16 |
| continued to work for Mr. Truman while he was Vice President, | 17 |
| taking dictation and typing his speeches; one of her many | 18 |
| duties included showing various family members around | 19 |
| Washington when they came to visit; and
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| WHEREAS, She became very close with the Truman family and | 21 |
| would babysit for their daughter, Margaret Truman; she and | 22 |
| Margaret remained lifelong friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Miss Odum went on to serve as personal assistant | 24 |
| for Bess Truman and then Secretary to the First Lady; she lived | 25 |
| with the Trumans, first in the Blair House and then in the | 26 |
| White House; she worked for the Trumans from 1936 to 1953; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Reathel M. Odum has been deeply | 28 |
| felt by many, especially her nephew, Richard 0. Hart; her | 29 |
| niece, Susan McGannon; her great-nephews, Murphy C. Hart and |
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| Paul R. Hart; she was preceded in death by her brothers, | 2 |
| Orville Odum, Kenneth Odum, and Clarence Odum; and her sister, | 3 |
| Pauline Davis; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we mourn the passing of Reathel M. Odum, and we extend our | 7 |
| sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 8 |
| and loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 11 |
| sympathy.
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